A mental disorder characterized by avoidance of social situations, intense anxiety, and clinically significant impairment in functioning is
a. social anxiety disorder.
b. phobic disorder.
c. dissociation disorder.
d. antisocial personality disorder.
a
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Regarding drug use, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. All of the frequently abused drugs produce immediate pleasure and delayed negative consequences. b. People who stop using drugs often say that they quit because they had solved their problems as they got older and no longer needed to escape by using drugs. c. Adolescents who abuse drugs tend to be maladjusted, alienated, impulsive, and emotionally distressed. d. If an abuser merely feels better, even briefly, after taking a drug, drug taking can become compulsive.
Until the end of the 18th century, the most common way of treating mental and physical disorders was:
a. burning at the stake b. bloodletting c. praying d. fresh air and a balanced diet